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Urgent Debate On The Situation Of Human Rights In Ukraine Stemming From The Russian Aggression
Friday, 4 March 2022, 7:04 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
49th session of the Human Rights Council Urgent debate on the situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 3 March 2022 Distinguished President, Excellencies, ... More >>
South Sudan: Hundreds Of Killings Among Grave Violations And Abuses Committed Against Civilians In Tambura County
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 6:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA/JUBA (01 March 2022) – Grave human rights violations and abuses, including hundreds of killings, were committed against civilians during fighting in Tambura County, Western Equatoria State according to a joint report launched today by the ... More >>
Opening Statement To The High Level Segment By Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner For Human Rights
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 6:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
28 February 2022 Distinguished President of the Council, Distinguished President of the Swiss Confederation, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, This Council session takes place at a time that calls for strong and visionary leadership. Throughout ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Ukraine; (2) Sri Lanka; (3) Ecuador
Saturday, 26 February 2022, 6:32 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson For The UN High Commissioner For Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 25 February 2022 Subject: (1) Ukraine (2) Sri Lanka (3) Ecuador 1) Ukraine We are gravely concerned about developments over the course of the day yesterday ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Urges An Immediate Halt To The Russian Federation’s Military Action Against Ukraine
Friday, 25 February 2022, 6:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (24 February 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday said she was deeply alarmed about the Russian Federation’s military attack against Ukraine. “Civilians in various parts of Ukraine were awoken by sounds ... More >>
Development Finance Institutions Need Proactive Approach To Remedy To Avoid Human Rights Violations – UN Report
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 8:46 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA / NEW YORK (23 February 2022) – Bilateral and multilateral development finance institutions (DFIs) should routinely plan to ensure the projects they finance do not harm people, and they and their clients should ensure effective remedy is ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On The Situation In Ukraine
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 7:11 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
22 February “Following the decision announced by the President of the Russian Federation last night on Ukraine, I am deeply concerned that any significant escalation in military action creates a heightened risk of serious human rights violations as ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Singapore - Imminent Executions
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 6:36 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 15 February 2022 Subject: Singapore - Imminent executions (1) Singapore We urge the Government ... More >>
Dissolution Of Tunisia’s High Judicial Council Seriously Undermines Rule Of Law In Tunisia – Bachelet
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 7:37 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (8 February 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged the President of Tunisia to restore the High Judicial Council, warning that its dissolution would seriously undermine the rule of law, the separation of ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTE: Afghanistan
Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 6:44 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 1 February 2022 Subject: Afghanistan Afghanistan We are very alarmed at the continued disappearance of six people who were abducted in Kabul two weeks ... More >>
Myanmar: One Year Into The Coup, Bachelet Urges Governments And Businesses To Heed Voices Of The People
Saturday, 29 January 2022, 10:02 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Myanmar: One year into the coup, Bachelet urges governments and businesses to heed voices of the people, intensify pressure on the military GENEVA (28 January 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged the international ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Myanmar; (2) Yemen
Saturday, 29 January 2022, 9:55 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 28 January 2021 Subject: (1) Myanmar ... More >>
Memory, Dignity And Justice - Bachelet On International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 7:06 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust For 27 January 2022 Today we commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, a crime of shocking inhumanity that ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Burkina Faso; (2) Syria
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 6:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 25 January 2022 Subject: (1) Burkina Faso (2) Syria 1) ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On Papua New Guinea’s Repeal Of The Death Penalty
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 7:10 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (21 January 2022) – I warmly welcome the vote by Parliament in Papua New Guinea on 20 January to repeal the death penalty. There have been no executions in Papua New Guinea since 1954 and the death penalty was abolished in 1970. However, ... More >>
Visit Of UN Expert On Human Rights In Sudan Adama Dieng Postponed
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 6:34 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (21 January 2022) – The first mission to Sudan by the UN Expert on Human Rights in the Sudan Adama Dieng, which was due to take place from 22 to 27 January 2022, has been postponed upon the request of the Sudanese authorities. “I have ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Sudan; (2) Yemen
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 6:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 18 January 2022 Subject: (1) Sudan (2) Yemen 1) Sudan The human rights situation in Sudan continues to be of serious concern, with peaceful protesters killed ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Bosnia And Herzegovina / Serbia; (2) Ethiopia
Saturday, 15 January 2022, 6:56 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 14 January 2022 Subject: (1) Ethiopia (2) Bosnia and Herzegovina /Serbia hate speech 1) Ethiopia We are alarmed by the multiple, deeply disturbing reports ... More >>
German Court’s Historic Crimes Against Humanity Finding In Syria Case Must Spur Momentum For International Justice
Friday, 14 January 2022, 7:16 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (13 January 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet hailed the “historic” conviction by a German court on Thursday of a senior Syrian intelligence official. Bachelet urged other States to take on investigation and prosecution ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Tunisia
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 6:46 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 11 January 2022 Subject: Tunisia Developments in Tunisia over the past month have deepened our already serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights ... More >>
